Liver cancer statistics

Liver cancer is the 6th most common cancer worldwide. It is the 5th most common cancer in men and the 9th most common cancer in women.

Latest liver cancer data

There were 866,136 new cases of liver cancer in 2022. The tables below give information about the countries with the highest rates, incidence and mortality from liver cancer.

Liver cancer incidence (cases)

China, the US and Japan had the highest number of liver cancer cases in 2022.

The following 3 tables show the 10 countries with the highest liver cancer incidence in 2022 – 1st for both sexes, then men and women separately. We have also included the age-standardised rates (ASRs)* for each of these countries.

Rank	Country	New cases	ASR/100,000
	World	866,136	8.6
1	China	367,657	15.0
2	US	43,492	6.8
3	Japan	41,388	9.2
4	India	38,703	2.7
5	Egypt	27,946	32.0
6	Thailand	27,936	22.7
7	Vietnam	24,502	20.2
8	Indonesia	23,805	8.0
9	South Korea	14,791	13.7
10	Brazil	13,599	4.5

Rank	Country	New cases in men	ASR/100,000
	World	600,676	12.7
1	China	267,898	22.7
2	US	31,035	10.3
3	Japan	28,678	14.6
4	India	27,334	3.9
5	Thailand	19,139	34.4
6	Vietnam	18,952	34.9
7	Indonesia	18,314	12.9
8	Egypt	17,759	43.0
9	South Korea	11,286	22.3
10	Philippines	8,796	19.1

Rank	Country	New cases in women	ASR/100,000
	World	265,460	4.8
1	China	99,759	7.4
2	Japan	12,710	4.3
3	US	12,457	3.5
4	India	11,369	1.6
5	Egypt	10,187	22.0
6	Thailand	8,797	12.6
7	Brazil	5,660	3.3
8	Vietnam	5,550	8.2
9	Indonesia	5,491	3.6
10	Russia	4,828	2.6

Liver cancer age-standardised rates

*Age-standardised rates (ASR) are a summary measure of the rate of disease that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardisation is necessary when comparing populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of developing/dying from cancer.

It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while others have a low ASR but a high number of cases. This is because ASRs are reported per 100,000 people. So, for example, an ASR of 10 in a population of 100,000 = 10 cases of cancer, but an ASR of 1 in a population of 10 million = 100 cases.

The following tables give the top 5 countries by ASR for liver cancer incidence for men and women, and for both sexes combined.

Country	New cases 2022	ASR
Mongolia	2,668	96.1
Egypt	27,946	32.0
Cambodia	3,497	25.1
Laos	1,379	24.9
Thailand	27,936	22.7

Country	New cases in men	ASR
Mongolia	1,443	113.5
Egypt	17,759	43.0
Cambodia	2,394	39.4
Laos	972	36.5
Vietnam	18,952	34.9

Country	New cases in women	ASR
Mongolia	1,225	81.0
Egypt	10,187	22.0
Chad	674	15.4
Guatemala	1,133	15.0
Guinea	646	14.9

Liver cancer deaths

China, India and the US had the highest number of deaths from liver cancer in 2022.

The following 3 tables show the 10 countries with the highest number of liver cancer deaths in 2022 – 1st for both sexes, then men and women separately. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.

Rank	Country	Number	ASR/100,000
	World	758,725	7.4
1	China	316,544	12.6
2	India	36,953	2.6
3	US	30,931	4.4
4	Thailand	27,143	22.0
5	Egypt	26,971	30.8
6	Japan	26420	4.3
7	Indonesia	23,383	7.9
8	Vietnam	23,333	19.3
9	Brazil	13,041	4.3
10	South Korea	12,595	10.7

Rank	Country	Number in men	ASR/100,000
	World	521,826	10.9
1	China	229,777	19.1
2	India	26,137	3.7
3	US	20,862	6.4
4	Thailand	18,562	33.4
5	Vietnam	18,112	33.3
6	Indonesia	18,022	12.7
7	Japan	17,225	7.0
8	Egypt	17,179	41.5
9	South Korea	9,704	18.6
10	Philippines	8,194	17.9

Rank	Country	Number in women	ASR/100,000
	World	236,899	4.1
1	China	86,767	6.2
2	India	10,816	1.5
3	US	10,069	2.6
4	Egypt	9,792	21.1
5	Japan	9,195	21.1
6	Thailand	8,581	12.1
7	Brazil	5,430	3.1
8	Indonesia	5,361	3.5
9	Vietnam	5,221	7.7
10	Russia	4,656	2.5